If You Can Keep It When Ben Franklin emerged from the Constitutional Convention and so famously answered a woman’s question about what type of government had been created, he was already worried about its longevity. He was a revolutionary who had overthrown his government once. It had been done using deadly force. Presumably, Franklin had […]
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An Aggressive Lead GOOD EVENING, I’M ED DAGUE. THE ALBANY D-A’S TOP CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR IS STILL OUT OF WORK TONIGHT BUT YESTERDAY’S ANGERED D-A HAS GONE ABRUPTLY QUIET. DAVID SOARES HAD VOWED TO SAY MORE ABOUT WHO … The Reality There was evidently only one six o’clock newscast tonight. WNYT must have been the only […]
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(re-generated archive post) All three six o’clock newscasts carried local reaction to the death of the former President. WRGB and WNYT lead with his death but the reports were features with recollections, file tape and no news. WTEN lead with the police action in Rotterdam although their coverage of the event wasn’t the strongest. They […]
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Eliot Spitzer tapped a GOP State Senator to head Public Safety efforts in the state. He’s Michael Balboni from the northwest corner of Nassau County on Long Island. All three major six o’clock newscasts covered the story but with widely different emphasis. WTEN used a sound clip of Balboni saying its the only job he […]
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(re-created from archives) The three major six o’clock newscasts all lead with the end of State Comptroller Alan Hevesi’s political career on Friday. WTEN had the clearest lead using a split screen graphic with bullet points and an anchor voice-over to detail Hevesi’s crimes and punishment. WRGB and WNYT covered the event sequentially and made […]
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